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Article: Findings from J. Lepavec et al in portal hypertension reported.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 29, 2008
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"Portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH) can be defined as elevation of pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance in the setting of portal hypertension. Survival results in PoPH are contrasting, and prognostic factors need to be identified," investigators in Clamart, France report (see also Portal Hypertension).
"To analyze long-term survival in a large cohort of patients with PoPH with the aim of determining the independent variables affecting survival. We retrospectively analyzed charts of all patients referred to the French Referral Center for pulmonary arterial hypertension with the diagnosis of PoPH between 1984 and 2004. The study population ...